Husk for incandescent bulbs.



I W. LUMLEY.

HUSK FOR INOANDESOENT BULBS. APPLICATION mm JAN. 21, 1909.

I 981,207; I [Patented Jan. 10,1911.

I J? i I 64%?- F 05 i wwgc M ATTORNEY:

UNITED STATES? PATE OFFICE Q WILFRID LUMLEY, or EAST coNNnaU'r, OHIO,AssioNon r0 THE CONNEAUT COMPANY, A oonronnrron or 01110.

HUSK FOR INCANDESCENT BITLBS,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

Application filed January 27, 1909. Serial No. 474,385.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILrRro LUMLEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at East Conneaut, in the countyof Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in I-Iusks for The object of the invention has been to:provide a form of husk construction which shall lend itself as fully todecorative effect as any prior form, but which shall be far more simpleand less expensive in produc- 3 for example, as that shown in Fig. 5 intion.

It has further been my object to produce such a husk with the capacityfor retaining its shape, contour and relative position of its parts whenonce assembled.

The above and other objects it will be seen are attained by thatembodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich;

Figure l is a broken top plan of one of the fiat metallic strips ofwhich I employ two to make up my husk. Fig. 2 is an edge View of onemember of the husk stamped into shape from the flat strip shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the completed husk with anelectric light socket secured therein. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of thehusk as it appears from the assembling of two such members as are shownin Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail transverse section showing the manner ofsecuring the husk members to each other and to the socket member.

An electric lamp husk to serve its purpose as a decoration and sheathfor the socket of the electric light should have suitably shapeddepending decorative wings or other such members, and I find it possibleto produce such a husk from simple metallic strips A such as is shown inFig. 1. These strips are properly perforated, as at A, for the purposeof admitting the stem B of the screw or hanger B and are stamped to somesuch shape as that shown in Fig. 2 whereby the ends A are bent downwardand given theproper curve for decorative effect. The central portion Aof said stri however, is offset as shown; the said 0 set having a:

width substantially that of a second strip A designed to be fittedthereto. In my preferred construction all of the strips are of the samewidth and form, since this facilitates manufacture and assembling and isnot inconsistent with the proper design of the husk; The said offsetbeing angular and, as stated, of substantially the same width as thestrip, a second similar strip may thus be inserted into the offset orover it, but with the wings placed at right angles to those of the firststrip. This angular offset serves the purpose of holding the severalwings of the husk in their roper position so far as preventing angularisarrangement is concerned, and it is then necessary to do no more than.secure the two sections together by means of a bolt and nut connectionsuch,

which the threaded bolt B is hollow and integral with the hanger B, andthe nut B is formed on the inner end of the socket member B As soon asthe socket member is screwed in position it will be seen that the huskmembers are held securely and permanently in position having adecorative efii'ect quite comparable with the husk constructionspreviously known and being of a simple and cheaply assembledconstruction which may be produced without the slightest wasteofmaterial. This last feature is of considerable importance in View ofthe enormous waste hitherto had in practically all forms of lamp husks.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. A lamp husk comprising metallic strips having a top portion anddepending wings serving as the sheath of the husk, one of said membersbeing ofiset intermediate the top portion so as to form an angularchannel of substantially just sufiicient width to receive the centralportion of a second memher, the intermediate portion of the secondmember being snugly fitted to said offset, said members having alinedperforations in their central portions, a threaded stem passing throughsaid central portion and a nut on said threaded stem, said nut and stembeing secured one to a suspending member and one to a socket memberrespectively.

2. A lamp husk comprising metallic strips having depending end portionsshaped to form the sheath of the socket, one of said membersbeing offsetat the central portion, a second member snugly fitted to said ofi'setportion, the two members having centrally.

